Google celebrates 20th birthday

    Kabir Humayun: Google, the tech giant, celebrated its 20th birthday yesterday with a new Google Doodle marking the special occasion. The company, founded 20 years ago, marked the event with a Google Doodle around the world, reports UNB. This year’s doodle features letter-shaped balloons attached to a gift box. Tapping plays a YouTube video that…

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      Two Navy men die as cannonball blasts in Bay

      UNB Two non-commissioned officers of Bangladesh Navy were killed and six others injured in a cannonball explosion during a test firing at a ship in the Bay of Bengal in Chattogram on Thursday. Official sources said the cannonball exploded in the ship around 3:00pm during a naval exercise. The identities of the victims could not…

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        Online safety programme launched for children

        BSS: Grameenphone, Telenor Group and UNICEF have jointly taken a safe internet outreach programme in schools nationwide aiming to create awareness among children about safer internet environment, reports Daily Sun. The programme has been specially designed to engage and empower 4 lakh children aged between 11 and 16 years and sensitise 50,000 parents, guardians and…

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          Justice or Democracy in Brazil?

          Jorge G. Castañeda/Project Syndicate Brazil’s upcoming presidential election – its ninth since the restoration of democracy in 1985 – will take place against a bleak background, and not just because the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro was recently destroyed in a fire, or even because the economic recovery is faltering. With myriad judicial and…

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            Diplomats reiterate concerns over Digital Security Act

            Desk Report : Mission heads of the European Union (EU) member states, the EU delegation, and chiefs of Norway and Switzerland missions have reiterated their concerns over several provisions of the Digital Security Act, reports the financial express. “We reiterate our concerns around several provisions of the Digital Security Act which unduly restrict the freedom…

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              Cox’s Bazar grocer buys freedom for Tk 1 lakh

              Desk Report A grocer bought his freedom for Tk 1 lakh, a day after his abduction in Cox’s Bazar Sadar upazila, reports Daily Star. On Tuesday, armed criminals kidnapped Mohammad Tarek, 26, son of Kabir Ahmed of Bhaditola area, and demanded Tk 5 lakh as ransom. Kabir said after failing to get cooperation from local…

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